Emporis Skyscraper Award 2020 News
World’s most renowned architecture award for skyscrapers, Emporis Skyscraper Award, goes to One Barangaroo building in Sydney, Australia, for first time in 20 year-long history of awards
Prestige Liberty Towers, Mumbai, India
OMA’s design of Prestige Liberty Towers enjoys views overlooking Mahalakshmi Racecourse to Arabian Sea with two staggered towers – one of largest office developments in Mumbai, India
UK Labour conference motion for cladding scandal
UK Labour conference motion to fight cladding scandal news: The Labour Party backs action after building safety crisis that arose since Grenfell, calling for “sustained investment” in public services
110 North Wacker, Chicago Building
Designed by Goettsch Partners, 110 North Wacker is a trophy-class tower on Chicago’s premier downtown riverfront; collaboration between developers and designers delivers city’s tallest office building in 30 years.
HEKLA Building, Paris La Défense Tower
HEKLA Building, Paris La Défense Tower design by architect Jean Nouvel: at 220m high, one of business district’s highest buildings, 76,000 sqm of offices and services over 49 stories
Essence Financial Securities Tower, Shenzhen
Construction is wrapping up at Rocco Design Architects’ latest project, a 193.5-meter-tall Office Building for Essence Financial Securities, Shenzhen, featuring triple- and septuple-height courtyards
Luma Arles building by Frank Gehry
Spectacular new LUMA Arles building by famous US architect Frank Gehry forms centrepiece of 27-acre creative campus at Parc des Ateliers in city of Arles bringing together artists and innovators
The Shard Tower, New London Skyscraper
VR Experiences installed at tallest building in the UK; 1020 feet up on the viewing deck you can strap on VR headsets and hurtle at 100mph down imaginary open-air tubes corkscrewing around the skyscraper. Or you can take a nerve wrecking step across a girder on top of London’s sky line using body motion tracking technology.
22 Bishopsgate London Tower Building
City of London landmark office building design by PLP Architecture: first building in Europe and only 2nd in the world to have the Wellness Standard certification, a new level of accreditation
Melo Alves 645 Building São Paulo
Melo Alves 645 Building São Paulo design by MOS: inviting facade, surrounded by plants with no walls or railings subtly place the residential building in the spotlight
Mindet 6 at Aarhus Harbour, Jutland
Zhanjiang Yunhai No.1 Building
Zhanjiang Yunhai No. 1, China, designed by architects Aedas as all-weather tourism and leisure resort, whose 266 meters tower will become the tallest building in the area
STH BNK by Beulah Melbourne
STH BNK by Beulah development news: world renowned urban design practice Grant Associates and international design practice, ASPECT Studios, announced as project’s landscape architects
Ellinikon Marina Residential Tower, Greece
Ellinikon Marina Residential Tower, Athens, first green high-rise building in Greece: architectural landmark by Foster + Partners will be tallest green beachfront high-rise building in Mediterranean
Tower C, Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarters Base
Zaha Hadid Architects was announced as the winner of the design competition to build Tower C at Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarters Base, China
BEL & MAIN Vienna, three high-rise buildings
Y-Loft City Changzhi, Shanxi Province
Y-Loft City, Changzhi, Shanxi Province: Superimpose Architecture breaks with conventional residential planning in Chinese industrial hinterland by creating 3 towers for the post 80s generation
China Resources Snow Beer Headquarters Base
China Resources Snow Beer Headquarters Base, Shenzhen building design by architects Aedas: international architecture competition win for large-scale urban regeneration project